microsoft / microsoft/wdkmetadata

SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_MIN_LENGTH is referenced in public documentation, but seems to be missing

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Description

Coming from windows-rs here:

GetSecurityDescriptorLength states that a security descriptor is always at least SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_MIN_LENGTH long, yet I can't find this constant exposed in this repo (and of course not in windows-rs)

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Research direction

Start by tracing how the metadata for GetSecurityDescriptorLength is represented and exposed, then compare it with the public documentation reference to SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_MIN_LENGTH. Done means the missing constant is correctly represented in this repository's generated Win32 metadata and available to consumers such as windows-rs.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
operating-systems, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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